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Cyclopaedia, or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences : containing an explication of the terms, and an account of the things signified thereby, in the several arts, both liberal and mechanical, and the several sciences, human and divine ...

by: Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740; Child, George; Fletcher, Henry, fl. 1715-1738; Van der Gucht, John, 1697-; Rooker, Edward, d. 1774; Caslon, William, 1693-1766. Specimen; Innys, William, -1756

Publication date: 1750

Topics: Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Publisher: London : Printed for W. Innys ... [and 15 others]

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: English

Volume: 1

Unpaged after preface, v. 1 (XXV p.)

Double-page etched frontispiece, v. 1, by G. Child. Other plates signed by H. Fletcher, J. van der Gucht, E. Rooker

Vol. 2 includes double-page "A specimen by William Caslon, Letter-Founder, in Chiswell-Street, London."

Signatures, v. 1: pi² [1A]² a-f² g1 1B-1Uuu² 2A-2Iii² 3A-3Fff² 3Ggg1 4A-4Zz² *4Zzz1 5A-5Oo². Vol. 2: chi1 5Pp-5Eee² 6A-6Ii² 7A-7R² 7S1 8A-8Bb² 9A-9Z² 10A-10Ee² 10Ff1 11A-11Tt² 12A-12Bb² 13A-13Ii² 13Kk1

Includes index

Binding: cloth, rebacked in sheepskin. Corners in leather

Signatures of Eliz. Williams on first plate of each vol. Printed label on back pastedowns of William Blakeman, Bow-street, Oldham